Why Russia Is Exporting So Much Vaccine

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🗓️ 26 April 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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In recent years, Russia has tried to reassert its global influence in many ways, from military action in Ukraine to meddling in U.S. elections. So when Russia developed a coronavirus vaccine, it prioritized exporting it to dozens of other countries — at the expense of its own people. Today, we look at how Russia has put vaccine diplomacy to work. Guest: Andrew E. Kramer, a reporter based in the Moscow bureau of The New York Times.

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0:00.0	From New York Times, I'm Michael Vavaro. This is The Daily.
0:10.4	Today,
0:12.4	when Russia developed a vaccine against COVID-19,
0:16.0	it prioritized exporting it to dozens of foreign countries
0:20.6	at the expense of its own people.
0:23.6	Sabrina Tavernese spoke with our colleague, Andrew Kramer,
0:27.6	about how Russia is attempting to use its vaccine
0:31.4	to improve its strength and standing on the world stage.
0:44.8	It's Monday, April 26th.
0:51.0	Andrew.
0:52.0	Sabrina, hello.
0:53.2	Hi.
0:54.2	So, why are we talking about Russia and vaccines?
0:59.0	Well, this came as a surprise to, I think, a lot of people
1:03.0	in 2020 when the pandemic began.
1:07.6	The Russian government is saying it's on track to approve a coronavirus vaccine
1:11.6	in August, well ahead of other countries, including the US, the UK.
1:15.6	Russia very quickly announced that it was developing a vaccine against the coronavirus.
1:20.4	The sheer speed at which Russian scientists have been able to develop this vaccine
1:24.0	has raised a lot of eyebrows across the world.
1:26.8	There was skepticism. There was certainly the feeling that that's not likely
1:29.8	to be much of a success given the disorganized state of Russian science.
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